| 100% | APPLE | 5 | The Big ___ (New York City's nickname) |
| 92% | APPLE | 5 | The Big ___ (New York City nickname) |
| 84% | BIGAPPLE | 8 | New York City's nickname, with "The" (2 wds.) |
| 82% | APPLE | 5 | The Big ___, nickname for New York City, New York that was popularized in the '20s |
| 78% | APPLE | 5 | The Big — (New York City) |
| 78% | APPLE | 5 | The Big ___ (New York City) |
| 72% | BRONX | 5 | New York City borough that's home to the Yankees |
| 71% | WALLSTREET | 10 | New York City district that's home to the Fearless Girl statue |
| 70% | BIGAPPLE | 8 | New York City nickname |
| 70% | GOTHAM | 6 | New york city nickname |
| 69% | MAMARONECK | 10 | New York town that's nicknamed the "Friendly Village" |
| 69% | BIGAPPLE | 8 | The ___ (fruity nickname for New York City): 2 wds. |
| 68% | ONEONTA | 7 | New York city on the Susquehanna |
| 68% | UTICA | 5 | New York city on the Mohawk |
| 68% | OLEAN | 5 | New York city on the Allegheny |
| 68% | UTICA | 5 | New York city where the first "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store" opened in 1879 |
| 67% | ART | 3 | The "A" in New York City's "MoMA" |
| 67% | OLEAN | 5 | New York city near the Pennsylvania border |
| 67% | NYACK | 5 | New York City suburb on the Hudson |
| 67% | UTICA | 5 | New York city in the Mohawk Valley |
| 67% | UTICA | 5 | New York city on the Mohawk River |
| 67% | THEADDRESS | 10 | Novel by 39-Across set in New York City's apartment building The Dakota (2 wds.) |
| 67% | KINGSTON | 8 | New York's first capital city... or the capital city of Jamaica |
| 67% | PLAZAHOTEL | 10 | New York City setting of the "Eloise" books |
| 66% | AOC | 3 | New York City congresswoman big on social media: Abbr. |
| 66% | FIRST | 5 | New York City avenue past the U.N. Headquarters |
| 65% | HUMID | 5 | Like New York City in the summer |
| 65% | DTRAIN | 6 | New York City transport from the Bronx to Coney Island |
| 65% | MET | 3 | Part of New York City's Museum Mile, with "the" |
| 64% | BROOKLYN | 8 | New York City borough that is the birthplace of Vinny Testaverde |